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In this week’s episode, we talk with Kieran Hannon, the chief marketing officer of Belkin. Hannon is widely respected and oversees some of the tech industry’s bigger brands, including Belkin as well as Belkin-owned L...

GUEST: The cyber attack on the Office of Personnel Management this past summer is likely to go down as one of the most damaging security breaches in U.S. government history. Its ultimate impact on America's national secu...

Acquisitions are notoriously bad ideas. All the research shows that most acquisitions done by both big companies and small end up being non-accretive to the acquirer.

Over the last ten years, the digital living room was the defining battle in the connected home. Over the next decade, it will be the smart kitchen.

Insomnia Cookies is taking college campuses by storm--one warm, gooey snack at a time.

The merger of China's group-buying services Meituan and Dianping shows race for market leadership and M&A as a popular route for bulking up.

GUEST: I started working at Aslanoba Capital, Turkey's most active internet investor, more than two years ago, and we've invested over $60 million in over 40 companies in Turkey. Our investments include the world's large...

As if Amazon wasn't dominating much of the retail market already, their recent move to gain buyers and sellers in the "handmade" space came as a bit of shock. Handmade, after-all, is a complex word that essentially summa...

Numerous reports signal that the Turkish government has issued a social media ban following a terrorist attack in capital city Ankara. The attack reportedly killed more than 86 people during a peace rally. This ban, whic...

Two things stand out about Allegiant. One is that some analysts love this company. The other is that Allegiant seems to have a disproportionate share of labor problems.

GUEST: Getting a business off the ground is hard and often feels like one obstacle after another. You need a compelling idea. You need funding. You need customers. You need to learn how to market - the list of things you...

Companies like Box, Pure Storage and Xactly may have had a tough time with their IPOs. But there is something that is very clear: these firms understand how to put together top-notch sales teams, which have propelled str...

I spent the last two weeks in full-blown networking mode. First was Advertising Week, one of the small handful of annual events that brings the entire digital marketing ecosystem together - from brands to agencies to med...

The Love Doctor sat down with three pairs of startup cofounders to discuss the best strategies for working through the inevitable heartaches?and wallet woes?that occur in a productive and thriving, if not romantic, relat...

FEATURE: I have a problem with virtual reality. The fact is that, more often than not, it makes me feel very sick. I know I'm not alone, and it's a serious problem for VR game developers to deal with. At the recent EGX g...

No sooner had I returned from a Linedata Exchange event debating cryptocurrency developments at Kings Place, a hub for art and dialogue in London and offices to The Guardian, than I’m on alert to the official launch of...

International and domestic private sector participants were designated catalysts for rejuvenating Mexico’s oil and gas sector, after the country tore-up constitutional impediments – dating as far back as 1938 – bar...

In a crowded Republic field for President, which candidate stands out as the best for startups and entrepreneurs? We rank the GOP nominee candidates to give you a guide to the next Innovator-In-Chief.

After eighteen years removed from his former career as an entrepreneur, this professor has decided to take one more run at a business start-up. This blog chronicles the good, the bad and the ugly of his new digital learn...

Conventional wisdom once told us that margarine was a healthy butter substitute, tanned skin was a sign of health, and our favorite fashion fads were awesome, perennial, and would never be embarrassing. But, have you loo...

ANALYSIS: Europe’s seemingly never-ending battle with U.S. tech companies continued this week when a top European court ruled the U.S. “Safe Harbor” pact was invalid, thus throwing trans-Atlantic data-sharing into ...

Even companies that use philanthropy in a big way and are doing everything right when it comes to PR and Customer Service may find themselves backed into a corner by an angry and determined customer. But this is not nece...